Mount Olive Baptist Church
216 Liberty Street

Mount Olive Baptist Church was organized in 1870 and groundbreaking for what was to be Plainfield’s first Black church occurred on March 1, 1871 at the intersection of Third and Liberty streets. The first pastor was Rev. John Cary and the congregation consisted of fourteen members.  The church grew rapidly to 500 members, but declined as branch churches were organized: Shiloh Baptist and Calvary Baptist.

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
527 West Fourth Street

The Mount Zion A. M. E. Church began on July 26, 1892. The first chapel was built on West Fourth Street in 1893; it was known as “Little Mount Zion Church.” In 1925, a new church building, “Greater Mt. Zion,” was completed.